Ten Vietnamese teams and six others from ASEAN countries will participate in the final round of the 2020 ASEAN Student Information Security Contest on November 28.
The contest consists of preliminary, qualifying and final rounds, jointly organized by the Vietnam Information Security Association (VNISA), the Ministry of Information Security and Communications and the Ministry of Education and Training’s Information and Communications Technology Department. 92 teams are competing this year, with a higher percentage of female participants than before, including 15 from Vietnam and 8 from other ASEAN countries.
The qualifying round was held on October 31 at the Saigon International University and the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology in Hanoi. From north Vietnam, the Pawsitive team from the University of Engineering and Technology, at the Vietnam National University in Hanoi, won first prize and the PTIT.1nfern0 from the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, AmongUs from FPT University and MSEC_ADC from the Military Technical Academy shared second. The Hanoi University of Science and Technology, the Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology and the Military Technical Academy were awarded third prizes and seven teams received consolation prizes.
The winners, will proceed to the finals, which lasts for eight hours. Contestants will be tested on their ability to take counter-measures against cyber-attacks from their opponents and defend their own computer networks at the same time. This year the tasks will be more difficult, requiring contestants to handle more complicated software scenarios.
The ten finalists are:
- HMCUS.Twice - University of Natural Science, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh city
- NotEfiens - University of Technology, Vietnam National University, Ho Chi Minh city
- Pawsitive - University of Engineering and Technology, Vietnam National University, Hanoi
- PTIT.AmongUs - Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Ho Chi Minh city
- PTIT. PTIT.1nfern0 - Posts and Telecommunications Institute of Technology, Hanoi
- ISIT-DTU1 - Duy Tan University
- MSEC_ADC - Military Technical Academy
- AmongUs - FPT University, Hanoi
- Nupakachi - Hanoi University of Science and Technology
- MSEC_SUPPORT - Military Technical Academy
(Media Center)